Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Simple Halloween luminaries

I love luminaries! And these are so simple to make - we just recycled some empty glass jars, pulled out some electrical tape (masking tape would work also) and used enamel paint we had left over from an old project (acrylics would be great as well). I also found some battery powered tea light at a local bookstore for only 75 cents a pop, so these were so inexpensive to make also!

I started by cutting out some shapes from the tape to stick onto the jar. Then Mina painted away. So funny how none of my girls ever want to paint things the color they "should" be...

I wasn't able to take any pictures before Maisy was this far into painting hers. She even decided to paint the inside a bit.

And this is my first picture of Lou's project, she did her own tape cutting and sticking. I love how she always puts eyelashes on everything.

After the paint dried completely I peeled the tape off to let the light shine through. Aren't these fun?

Oh how I love luminaries! I'm tired of using bag luminaries to light our walkway for Halloween, so this year I'm going to do jars. Yours are amazing!!! Thanks so much for linking this up to Monstrously Creative Saturday! :)

Thank you so much. I found this from another site and have to say it's such a great idea and kids will certainly LOVE this. It's a neat idea that I may just try it myself for Christmas or Valentine's with different graphics. Super creative.